Nanoscience News

Thursday, May 23, 2013 : Researchers Stitch Defects into the World's Thinnest Semiconductor

Scientists have uncovered key insights into the optical and electronic properties of this new material.

Thursday, May 16, 2013 : UC San Diego Creates Center for Brain Activity Mapping

Responding to President Barack Obama’s “grand challenge” the University of California, San Diego has established the Center for Brain Activity Mapping (CBAM).

Thursday, May 16, 2013 : Blossoming in a Beaker

With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a Harvard laboratory—and not at the scale of inches, but microns.

Friday, May 10, 2013 : The BRAIN Initiative

Papers, feature stories and other resources related to the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 : Clinging to Crevices, E. coli Thrive

New research helps to explain how waterborne bacteria can colonize rough surfaces—even those that have been designed to resist water.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 : The Kavli Foundation Applauds President Obama’s All-Hands-on-Deck Call to Unlock Mysteries of Human Brain

The Kavli Foundation applauds President Obama's launch of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.

Thursday, March 28, 2013 : President Obama Meets U.S. Laureates of 2012 Kavli Prizes

President Barack Obama met in the Oval Office the six U.S. recipients of the 2012 Kavli Prizes.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 : Intrinsic Superconductor Behavior Revealed

Cornell physicists and materials scientists have determined some physical subtleties of cuprate high-temperature superconductors.

Saturday, December 15, 2012 : Investment of 51 Million Euro for Nanoscience in Delft and Leiden

With an amount of 51 million -- one of the largest ever Dutch investments in fundamental science -- scientists of TU Delft and Leiden University will be embarking on the research programme ‘NanoFront’

Friday, December 14, 2012 : Synchronized Nanoscale Oscillators May Spur New Devices

Researchers have now demonstrated synchronization at the nanoscale using only light and not mechanics.